Warhammer: I am the Hammer of the Empire - #381 - Chapter 374: Skadi

The firing of the volcano cannon brought a temporary vacancy in the battle situation, and the front line stretching tens of millions of kilometers suddenly became silent. This silence represented the enemy’s confusion and fear, that is, the sudden loss of their command link.

At the same time, when the enemy was unable to change its front, a large number of dormant destroyers and light cruisers approached, launching torpedoes and turning on high-strength void shields in close combat.

In this dark 40,000-year-old ancient naval battle, an era where ship concealment and long-range strikes were once the main focus has passed. The high-strength protective performance of void shields and the brisk combat speed of small barges have made melee ships more capable in this dark universe. Powerful abilities.

A battle group composed of huge light battleships opened fire on the enemy in a vast battle zone, and what caused great damage was the seemingly slow void torpedoes.

The enemy battleship group lacking a commander became a perfect target for torpedoes in the narrow artillery array. Thousands of flashing molten torpedoes ignited the entire void. Countless battleships that had made war contributions to the empire were used by traitors. Disappear in shame.

In succession, the battleships that were hit by torpedoes but did not collapse stopped due to loss of control, or were pushed away by powerful explosions, colliding like dominoes. The dense battle group was also covered by the fire of the Imperial Navy, because of the impact The warships that could not assume an auxiliary angle were forced to be shot at the maximum angle.

In a chain reaction, many light warships kept intersecting and wandering in the battle line in the chaos. Their petite bodies caused more chaos. The torpedoes and jump ships thrown from time to time also caused great commotion. In the interstellar space, The soldiers were unable to effectively attack and hinder. After losing the general communication command area, the traitor array made them more vulnerable, and those poor people once again turned into a mob.

This is not unexpected, it is better to say that they are like this. The so-called militarized qualities or war capabilities displayed by those ragtag groups under the high-pressure rule of Space Marines and the control of a large number of terminal nobles are all in the fear and chaos caused by a volcanic cannon. The smoke disappeared.

Firstly, they saw the terrifying weapon that looked like the end of the world, and secondly, the overwhelming chaos brought about by the loss of their commander. The veteran admiral of the Navy used his troops like a god, but behind this was the sacrifice of a poor hero… …

The good news spread all the way to the Imperial Navy, and they bought a lot of time. The large-scale red pirate army was far more difficult to dispatch than this group of villains. They had a lot of time to deal with it and clean up the bastard traitors here.

At the same time, Alan Bayer also found some solace in his anxiety. In his office, the senior admiral of the Imperial Navy was reporting on the progress of his work. How many battleships they had annihilated, how many enemies they had destroyed, about 30% of them. The Red Corsairs expected their troops to be wiped out and hundreds of renegade Space Marines to die. It only took seven hours to end the battle that had persisted for several days.

And Alan Bayer spoke. “Have the Assault Interceptor Force been found?”

The admiral in the virtual screen flashed a guilty expression, but he answered immediately. “No, the war zone is too big. All the transport planes are searching now, and the warships have also turned on their auspicious devices, but we have not found any wreckage. According to the confessions of the captured heretics, those brave people may have left before the fuel was exhausted. War zone, floating somewhere in the void.”

“The good news is that they all have their own sidearms…” He said this and stopped the conversation. Alan Bayer also understood the empire’s choice, that is, to abandon those people, but he spoke. “Those three pilots are treasures of the empire. I would say their value is more important than many things you insist on. Rather than erecting statues of them or meaningless tombstones, it is better to expand the search.”

The admiral nodded. “We will do it before the follow-up battleships of the Red Pirates arrive. The Emperor bless them. I don’t think the loyalists will die like this. We will try our best to find them…”

he said again. “I heard there’s a commotion in the hive?”

Alan Bair rubbed his temples. “The 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment has gone. There are many doubts about this matter. I don’t want to add any more complications. According to the investigation of the Tribunal, I think there should be a damn supreme god behind this matter.”

He thought of the source of the disgusting plague that made the soup, and he also sent the Librarian of the Doom Eagle to join his squad, as well as Inquisitor Nova of the Inquisition and her team of Battle Acolytes.

At the same time, the local PDF and bailiffs were also dispatched, but the enemy still touched the residential area beyond expectations. This was a situation that Alan Bayer did not want to see. Behind the collapse of those houses was the fact that the residents of the empire were homeless and their savings were reduced to zero. current situation.

Those poor workers did not have enough ability to withstand risks, and at the same time, the blocks would also limit the combat effectiveness of large-scale legions. In this dilemma, he also specially dispatched a noble war lady to help in this war.

He turned off the communicator and stated that everything would be fine, and under his orders, the second lieutenant of the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment and the Sergeant Major of the Destruction Eagle were conducting tactical planning against the thugs on a mobile command armored vehicle. They were asked to resolve the war quickly enough rather than suppress it.

At the same time, Nord, an engineering recruit on the front line, seemed lost because he saw the panicked expressions of the residents, their faces covered with white gauze, and the strong smell of inferior medical alcohol, which was directed at his head, making him unable to help himself. Want to vomit.

pdf’s defense line has completely collapsed. He can only work, and his army has been repopulated. There are many survivors and many veterans. They started serving in the Bandertal era, but they work far less hard than him. , but the things he made were often better than him. At this point, he felt a thought of comparison, but he soon gave up because of fatigue. Those seemingly easy repetitive actions were draining him.

Today’s work is just like what he usually does, except this time he uses sandbags to follow the tutorials during training, building sandbag areas bit by bit to fill the empty urban defense lines, or transporting large metal trucks, one It looks like a standing X and is as tall as half a man. It is a war prop used to hinder the invasion of vehicles.

Row after row of metal heavy-duty horses filled the front of the battle line, surrounding most of the area, forcing vehicles such as tanks to take a detour. A large number of mines were deployed in front of the sandbag fortress, but he didn’t understand why the front of the sandbag position was In residential areas, can bullets pass through buildings?

But this time the enemy was right in front of him. He recalled the feeling on the battlefield and his own powerlessness. At the same time, those emotions turned into new motivation to support him to fill and dig until his work was stopped.

He gathered in the square, which became the command point. Most of the supplies and officers were here, but he saw those arrogant PDF officers lining up, and then after a strange heavy armored vehicle drove in, they simultaneously started to attack the vehicle. salute.

He was no exception, following the queue like a marionette, and he soon realized that the vehicle was different, because the tall soldiers walking next to the vehicle and the body armor with the regimental emblem on the chest told him that it was coming. Who is the person.

The 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment, the legend and honor of this sector, suddenly felt suffocated and happy, that is, this area did not feel abandoned, and asked Bandertal if he would drain his confidants to deal with the little people here. Rebellion? Especially in such a tense moment?

He resisted the urge to shout and straightened his back. Others were a little like this too, but he was the most excited. The lower-level soldiers were always so easy to motivate, especially when a living legend was in front of them.

Nord had forgotten the smashed logging gun at this moment. He only saw the rumored full-body carapace on the Skadi soldiers and the black explosive gun in their hands. Even the laser gun of the Imperial Guard was a senior officer in the pdf. It can only be used by the noble guards, and sacred weapons such as explosive guns make him extremely excited just looking at them from a distance.

As for the people walking down from the armored vehicle, at first glance, one is taller and the other is shorter, but the shortness has to be contrasted. Compared with the PDF, the 1.8-meter-long officer not only has a handsome cloak, but also has stormtroopers protecting him from a distance. He looks like he has the temperament of two meters high.

But the warrior next to him is the Emperor’s Angel of Death, wearing red and white armor, beautiful brown fur as his long cloak, countless badges and scriptures hanging on his chest, the bright red helmet and the iron ring on his head reveal more Shine holy light.

The sword on his waist gleamed dazzlingly, with complex runes engraved on it, as well as the legendary bolter, the Emperor’s Wrath. This recruit’s heart almost stopped, and he fantasized about becoming a Skadi and being fought by the Eagle of Destruction. At the Chosen, join the Astartes in the honor of the Emperor and the prayers of the Chaplain.

But the reality is that he is a pdf engineer who was beaten to collapse, endlessly carrying supplies and paving things…

And this gap made him confused. He knew that the best PDFs could join the Imperial Guard. It can be seen that after passing the 4th Skadi Infantry Regiment, who would want to become those guys who are far different from them? He regretted that he was not Skadi. People, just like many people, want to be born in Cardia, because it is not terrible to take on responsibilities, but it is terrible to be born without a choice!

But soon his head short-circuited, because the humming sound of the engine came. It was bigger and more terrifying than any metal engine he had imagined, like thunder. And when the behemoth appeared, he realized that that The heavy engine’s name is the Emperor’s Baneblade.

Before he could understand the situation, he saw the giant cannon firing, heavy grenades and the terrifying main gun with a poisonous blade firing instantly. The most terrifying land king in the history of the empire vented his anger in this narrow place, and then it only set off The strong wind suffocated the recruit and the cannon landed on the residential building behind him.

The dozens of meters of building that once housed thousands of people collapsed instantly, and the dust and debris kicked up hit Nod’s back. At this moment, he resisted the urge not to look back at the ruins, and his heart was even more complicated.

There is subconscious pity for those who have lost their homes, there is also the arrogance born from the bottom of the heart towards the poor people living in the marginal areas in the jungle, there is also the luck of being in the noble violent group of PDF, and there is also the feeling of the powerful power of the empire. excited.

But now he heard the voice of the tall imperial officer. He stood there, but his voice could be heard clearly by everyone.

“Fearless soldiers serving in the empire, do not have mercy on those rubbles. If the enemy relies on those things as a bunker, it will lead to the death of soldiers of the empire who are of infinite value. In comparison, a shell or an entire building is worthless. ”

“For your lives, the Empire will give anything. As long as you kill the enemy, kill, kill, one time at a time, deal with the traitors, heretics, and aliens, and protect the existence of mankind in this world, then the Emperor will also hear it. Your loyalty, place your souls in the place of human origin, the golden palace of Terra!”

“Now, we are going to bombard this area thoroughly to clear enough open space, and then each engineering team will start cleaning up. Within a few hours, I require this to become an open and enough area for war!”

His words ended. Before Nord could wake up, he saw dozens of heavy artillery being pulled by armored vehicles. To be precise, he had seen many gang fights in his life, and had also seen PDFs or judicial police suppression, but This was the first time he saw the style of the Imperial Guard.

When he recalled it in the future, he could only describe the incident as, “Blow up, blow up. No matter whether it was the enemy or the obstruction, all were plowed to the ground with artillery. This is the wrath of the Emperor, this is the hammer of the Empire.”

At this point, the previous heretical ideas have completely disappeared. For example, Lord Alan Bair is inferior to Bandertal, such as the Imperial Guard is cannon fodder born by the empire for the sake of human existence, such as pdf’s service is painful and desperate, and other stupid and ridiculous ideas. .

He only knows to move the debris from the ruins, to build a strong enough fortress, to produce more value, in order to become a Skadi, in order to become one of those warriors who wear carapace and guard in the distance, in order to become, Maybe he is thinking about being the one who is envied.

Maybe, he could become that officer, standing at the front of the Baneblade tank, waving a long and beautiful saber, and then preaching the emperor’s teachings, singing the gifts of the empire, holding his head high like he did.

At this point, he was moving things much faster, and so were the others, so that soon, those people could only continue working on the ground looking for gravel that was not enough to be used as a shelter.

But time was rushing, and he didn’t notice that the enemy was coming quickly. When a projectile grazed his forehead, he immediately let go of the stone in his hand. The fear crawled back into his body, and he looked numbly into the distance. , those heavy-duty trucks, the roaring countless monster-like gang fighters, the logging guns that kept firing.

He immediately ran instinctively towards the position of the Imperial Guard, weaving in and out of the projectiles. The compatriots he had carried things with fell one by one. His luck was extremely, extremely good, but when he ran to the bunker and looked at Si The Kadi warrior’s armor was reassuring, and he turned his head to look at the battlefield, only to find a familiar person lying behind him.

That was the officer he was closest to since he was a soldier, a veteran, and the captain of the engineering team. After reorganization, he became an ordinary engineer, responsible for planning. Now he is holding the design drawing, shot in the head, and fell to the ground…

At this moment, he remembered that he was not a hero, nor a superman, but a new recruit with 25 years of service left, and he was on the most intense battlefield in the empire, with a slim chance of survival.